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The global economy depends on shipping containers. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

September 21, 2021

Global shortage of shipping containers highlights their importance in getting goods to Amazon warehouses, store shelves and your door in time for Christmas

Anna Nagurney, UMass Amherst

Before the container was standardized, loading and unloading goods was very labor-intensive, inefficient and costly.

Beachgoers near Cairo watch a massive container ship sail to the Red Sea. AP Photo/Amr Nabil

April 5, 2021

Today’s global economy runs on standardized shipping containers, as the Ever Given fiasco illustrates

Anna Nagurney, UMass Amherst

Before the container was standardized, loading and unloading goods was very labor-intensive, inefficient and costly.

Cremation on the banks of the Ganges river, India. Keystone-France via Getty Images

April 23, 2020

1918 flu pandemic killed 12 million Indians, and British overlords’ indifference strengthened the anti-colonial movement

Maura Chhun, Metropolitan State University

When the 1918 influenza pandemic struck India, the death toll was highest among the poor.

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Anna Nagurney
Professor and Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst
Maura Chhun
Community Faculty, Metropolitan State University